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Step 5. Write Your Artist Bio

Your artist bio is a snapshot
summarizing your strengths, motivations and uniqueness.
Also, your artist bio uses your achievements, current activities and upcoming projects
in order to communicate that artist profile you characterized.

Like your profile statement, you will need your bio for different reasons
according to different requests. Each time it should be
adjusted according to the purpose you’re trying to achieve with it.

The following is a list of
core artist bio elements
to include in your artist bio:

Your artist nameWhat kind of artist are youYour genre of musicWhere you’re from
(Optional) Positive quote about your music from a music industry contactPast experienceAchievementsCurrent ActivitiesNear-Future PlansNext ProjectRemind about one thing you want people to remember about you

Make sure your bio communicates what you earlier defined
as your strengths, motivation and uniqueness throughout those points.

Take a look at some example artist bios.
Simply take about 5 of your most influential artists,
Google their names together with the word “bio.”
For example,

What elements from the above list do they use in their bios?
What don’t they use?
Do you think by adding any elements they missed they would make more impressive bios?
How?

One common mistake artists make in their bios is
writing their life story: their childhood, experiences and hardships.
You can do this with your fans, but
your artist bio needs to integrate you into the music industry.